The Invisibles, Volume Two #3

The Invisibles, Volume Two #3 was published in 1997 as part of Grant Morrison’s seminal meta-textual comic book series for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. The series was designed to function as a hyper-sigil—a work of art intended to manifest change in the reader's reality—and this issue continues the narrative arc following the cell of counter-culture revolutionaries as they battle the outer-dimensional archons controlling human society.

The interior art for this issue was primarily handled by Phil Jimenez, whose intricate, dynamic style was instrumental in grounding Morrison's surreal and often esoteric scripts. Jimenez sought to balance the gritty, urban reality of the characters' base of operations with the psychedelic, hallucinatory imagery inherent to the story. Upon release, the series was received as a challenging, subversive cornerstone of nineties alternative comics, praised for its dense intellectual ambition and its refusal to adhere to traditional superhero tropes.